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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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